Clitellata
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Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin clitellum + -ata.
Proper noun
Clitellata
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Annelida – leeches, earthworms and related animals.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Annelida – phylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Hirudinea (leeches), Oligochaeta (earthworms) - subclasses; Branchiobdellida - order not assigned to subclass
- Acanthobdellida, Arhynchobdellida, Rhynchobdellida - orders in Hirudinea; Enchytraeida, Haplotaxida, Lumbriculida, Tubificida, Moniligastrida, Opistophora - orders in Oligochaeta
References
Clitellata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Clitellata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Clitellata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Clitellata at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
